Could the Florida Gators be in danger of losing star RB Mike Davis?
Mike Davis (AJC photo by Michael Carvell)
Could Florida be in danger of losing one of Georgia’s top running backs?
Stephenson High School’s Mike Davis, who committed early to the Gators, confirmed to the AJC that he plans to visit other schools but remains committed to Florida.
“I just want to take my visits with my teammates,” Davis explained. “There’s nothing there with me committing to another school. It’s just me going to have fun with my teammates while they are having fun. I want to enjoy the time with them because I know this might be my last time with them. Of course I’m committed to the Florida Gators. I’m not trying to go anywhere else.”
Which other schools may get visits from Davis? He isn’t ready to say. “I don’t know.” Davis had around 15 early offers when he committed to Florida last February over Alabama, South Carolina, Auburn, Tennessee, Georgia Tech and Penn State. What about UGA or Georgia Tech? “I haven’t heard anything from Georgia,” he said. If Davis goes on a trip with a teammate, it may be to South Carolina, Kentucky, Vanderbilt or Miami – some of the schools where his Stephenson teammates have committed.
Back to Florida: Davis said he has proof that he’s firmly committed to the Gators. “I think I showed that on the video. I did the Gator Chomp in the end zone after I scored. I had everybody doing it in the stands.”
The 5-foot-9, 185-pound Davis was talking about his electrifying 71-yard touchdown run (see video below) in Stephenson’s 14-3 win over Parkview last Friday. It was a much-needed jolt after the entire Stephenson offense struggled in the preseason. His older brother, former Clemson tailback James Davis, was in attendance.
“I just wanted to make a big play for my team,” Davis said. “We were struggling early on with a team we shouldn’t have been struggling with, in my opinion. You know, they say defense is always ahead of offense when you first start a football season, so I just wanted to get us going on that side of the ball.”
Davis said his older brother, who is awaiting a call from another NFL team after being released from the Washington Redskins, was proud. “He said it was crazy how I made defenders look confused and off balance on that run,” Davis said. “I’m just glad I could do something to help us win. That’s the only thing that matters.”
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107 comments Add your comment
Classy kid
August 30th, 2011
9:17 am
Did he get a penalty for the gator chomp?
Mark Richt coaches his players down
August 30th, 2011
9:20 am
The kid knows @ UGA ,no chance of playing for or winning a national title or sec title.
MikeP
August 30th, 2011
9:32 am
In a sense, every recruit out there that has committed is a candidate for switching schools. Quite a few of them take official visits to other places to get a free steak dinner, see the sights and have some fun. Sounds like Davis is sticking with UF.
Saban
August 30th, 2011
9:40 am
He wanted to play at Alabama, but he could only pay us 50k. Good pick up for the Gators. He could go to Athens? Do the Dawgs plan at re-match with Central Florida?
bitter thugnificent
August 30th, 2011
9:46 am
all—burn made me a new offer$$$——im just thinking yaaaw———–money$$, no money$$????
———————————–what u think i gonna do—yaaaw——-hahahahahah–fla–ur–da!!!
ratherBgambling
August 30th, 2011
9:48 am
I would take free trips too with my friends but he is all Gator.
3 out of last 4
August 30th, 2011
9:50 am
Hey Saban, the dawgs have beaten Bama 3 out of last 4 times we played…maybe he wants to go to Bama and get beaten by Louisiana Monroe
Gamecock for life
August 30th, 2011
9:53 am
Let him be a Gator… perfect mentality for that program
seabass
August 30th, 2011
10:04 am
Welcome to thug U. Suprised he didn’t go to Miami.
King Gator
August 30th, 2011
10:16 am
Let him be a Gator… perfect mentality for that program
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You mean he likes to win and not get drunk and take a pi$$ in public, yea that’s about right. Go Gators!
Mad at the World?
August 30th, 2011
10:18 am
@William. Lack of character because he chooses to do a little traveling? He didn’t beg anyone to buy him a ticket. All the money these colleges make. C’mon man, wake up!
ATL Sports Fan
August 30th, 2011
10:21 am
This is all part of the game. How many of you all have been on an “Official” recruiting visit? I am willing to think maybe 1 or 2 posters have been on a real recruiting visit. I can speak from experience, these visits are first class. From stepping off the plane to being driven back to the airport. I will say this. There are some coaches who will not schedule official visits from players whom they do not feel they have a real shot at landing. With his comments, I would worry about some coaches not allowing him to accompany his friends.
Ramblin Man
August 30th, 2011
10:26 am
If the schools want to pay for the trip instead of investing the time in a different RB then so be it.
Florida here
August 30th, 2011
10:46 am
Dang…..he good
Bob Loblaw
August 30th, 2011
10:51 am
zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Dawg Tired
August 30th, 2011
11:00 am
Stick with your commitment son. A man is no better than his word.
Destin Dawg
August 30th, 2011
11:00 am
that was a cool run.. very elusive.. come to Athens !!!
Dirty Dawg
August 30th, 2011
11:13 am
Hasn’t heard from Georgia? Could it be that we already have all the ‘iddy-biddy’ runnin’ backs we need? Now if he were 6′1″, or 2″, and 220 or so, then we’re talkin’ ‘what in blazes do you mean we haven’t recruited him?’
NFL
August 30th, 2011
11:21 am
Saban, Quit calling us, you proved you can’t cut it here. Try finishing better than fourth in your division this year.
Bgdawg
August 30th, 2011
11:25 am
I find it pretty obvious why we didn’t recruit him. He’s good no doubting that, but is he the best running back in the nation? Nah uga has a bigger, faster and better recruit in mind. His name is keith marshall!
Disgraced UGA AD
August 30th, 2011
12:17 pm
UF already has a commitment from a bigger back (6-2, 200+), so Davis is a good compliment.
Dirty Harry
August 30th, 2011
12:45 pm
THE KID WOULD HAVE TO SIT THE BENCH AT GEORGIA! PLENTY OF PLAYING TIME WITH THE HAS-BEEN GATORS!
Wake Forest needs love too
August 30th, 2011
12:50 pm
Come to WF. We got nothing!
Chokin' Grantham
August 30th, 2011
1:02 pm
We need this kid, when the current next Herschels don’t make the cut academically (apparently it’s possible). We just ain’t got enough Jim Harrick Jrs. to teach every class.
And, I know, I know, I can’t get through a bathroom door, I know, ok!
tide roll
August 30th, 2011
1:03 pm
Did you Dawg fans read Aaron Murray’s comments in the Athens Banner Herald’s Sunday football preview. They asked a number of players to relate unusual experiences on recruiting trips. Murray takes it upon himself to relate a coach telling him he was going to take him to the film room, turn off all the lights, and “give him a ride he would never forget”. What is wrong with this kid? Is he so stuck on himself thet he wants us all to know grown men are attracted to him? Young kids read these previews. the guy needs to keep his mouth shut. Next, I make the mistake of watching Chuck Dowdle’s preview of the Dawgs, and for some reason it includes a segment of Murray and Ben Jones viewing an i-pod. When they talk to one another, I swear it looks like they’re about to kiss. They’re literally about 1 inch away from one another. If Richt’s not willing to do something about this crap (and apparently he’s not), then McGarity needs to step in. It’s downright disgusting. Give me D. J. Shockley and Cam Newton over this “In love with myself” Murray any day.
Inconvenient facts
August 30th, 2011
1:05 pm
Gators- Georgia has 5 National titles and 12 conference titles in football. Florida has 3 nationals and 7 conference. And it’s spelled complement. Got it?
Ray Goof's Hat
August 30th, 2011
1:23 pm
Name the years of Georgia’s supposed 5 national titles and the entity awarding the title. Florida actually has 8 SEC titles. Guess spelling rather than math is your subject.
Tide fan
August 30th, 2011
1:31 pm
6 million a year for a coach and STILL can’t beat Auburn?
cdpridg
August 30th, 2011
1:32 pm
1927, 42, 46, 68 and 80 all recognized as Natl Championship years in the storied annuals of Bulldawg football….SIC’EM!
PTC DAWG
August 30th, 2011
1:37 pm
Can the adults get a place for comments?
Ray Goff
August 30th, 2011
1:42 pm
Got one of my old players coaching the Gators. Bringing ‘em down from the inside.
Ray Goof's Hat
August 30th, 2011
1:42 pm
Recognized as national champions by whom (other than 1980)?? Heck, the 1968 team finished 8-1-2 and number 8 in the final AP poll.
TampaGator
August 30th, 2011
1:48 pm
Camecock for life…..
What mentality would that be……graduate 69% (Florida) of their football players or 60% (South Carolina)? Looks like the “mentality” is a little less at South Carolina. Yep, it will fit perfectly into the mentality at Florida…..a better chance of getting a degree at Florida vs. at South Carolina. And, under Muschamp, that 69% will be on the rise.
Now….take your feathers out of your back end.
Ray Goff
August 30th, 2011
1:53 pm
Litkenhous champs in 1968. Beat Florida 51 to nothing. Great year.
Don't Forget National Title Number Six
August 30th, 2011
1:55 pm
The Macon Telegraph is proud to award the 2010 College Football National Championship to the University of Georgia Bulldogs!!
TampaGator
August 30th, 2011
2:02 pm
Who cares about spelling and math on a sports blog……it should be about facts, logic, and reasoning……oh…..forget about that, too.
Ray Goof's Hat
August 30th, 2011
2:04 pm
Ok, now I understand the criteria. To be consistent, you’d have to add the 1984 national championship to UF’s total. Sagarin, the New York Times and the Sporting News, among others, awarded Florida the national championship that year (which included a 27-0 win over Georgia).
TampaGator
August 30th, 2011
2:06 pm
Ray Goff….
Georgia has excellent football tradition going back to the 50’s. Florida has great tradition going back to the 1990s. Florida is dominating now vs. Georgia…..but don’t knock Georgia’s football history….lot of good history there. Florida is still establishing it….and doing a good job of it. But both take a big back seat to Alabama and LSU.
TampaGator
August 30th, 2011
2:11 pm
Mike Davis and Matt Jones will make a great one-two punch running behind Jeff Driskell and Jacoby Brissett at Florida….
….and when did 5′9″ and 200 lbs. become a small back? I think Crowell is 195 lbs….right?
UF going down
August 30th, 2011
2:12 pm
Gators got the Clap
Wheres LSwho's big history?
August 30th, 2011
2:15 pm
between 50’s (Cannon) and 2000’s (Saban and Looney Tunes Miles)
Starring Kam Fong as Chin Ho
August 30th, 2011
2:30 pm
@ tide (t)roll. You are a pathetic excuse for a human being. Why your drivel is not banned I cannot figure out. Please, please do us all a favor and fade away like the stench you create with posts like that.
npgator
August 30th, 2011
2:32 pm
He sounds firm to me and just wants to travel. Go Gators!
Snoop Dawg
August 30th, 2011
2:34 pm
UGA doesn’t need another midget running back. UGA needs some smash mouth runners that linebackers do not want to meet head to head.
Ray Goff
August 30th, 2011
2:39 pm
Listen hat, nobody counts the Gators 1984 season because they were on probation from 107 NCAA infractions. You don’t want to be like Auburn do you?
intheknow
August 30th, 2011
2:40 pm
Florida can keep him…we don’t need him at Georgia….sounds like a ME player and not a team player….Florida Gators = Thug U.
Snoop Dawg
August 30th, 2011
2:41 pm
Midget running backs are popular in the ACC, but they get KO’ed in the SEC…
TampaGator
August 30th, 2011
2:45 pm
Sitting here watching “The Experts” show on ESPNU…..and guess what…..David “Georgia Homer” Pollack…..says the Gators have no chance in the SEC East this year. I was shocked! He then went on to rave about Murray and Georgia….I was shocked even more. Man…the dude should wear his Georgia hat on the set.
Ray Goff
August 30th, 2011
2:48 pm
The Gators don’t have a chance with one of our own coaching there. The fix is in. (wink wink)
TampaGator
August 30th, 2011
2:49 pm
intheknow……
Yep…….he certainly looked like a “me” player in the long, unbelieveable TD run against Parkview. I guess that those Stephenson players really like “me” on their team.
TampaGator
August 30th, 2011
2:51 pm
Snoop Dawg….
Like the midget RB that played at Mississippi a couple of years ago and was a star player for Charlie Weis at KC last year in the NFL?
atlvol55
August 30th, 2011
2:51 pm
Its great to have football ALMOST here again…Let the trash talking begin!!!
coachx
August 30th, 2011
2:55 pm
The DAWGS don’t need Gator commits having 2nd thoughts about making the wrong decision.
You burned that bridge to Athens when you committed to the Gators.
TampaGator
August 30th, 2011
2:56 pm
Tide Roll…..
Based on another post….I went and read you post. Dude……no one wants to read that CRAP. Come on a post something of vaule with some sense of intelligence and morality…..or go cut your grass…at least that would be doing something constructive.
TampaGator
August 30th, 2011
2:57 pm
atlvol55…..
Where have you been? The trash talking began back in March.
Ray Goof's Hat
August 30th, 2011
2:58 pm
Ray, that’s my point – if you can cherry pick an organization that thought that an 8-1-2 Georgia team was more deserving of the 1968 national title than undefeated Ohio State and Penn State teams, then it’s just as legitimate to accept Florida’s 1984 title, despite probation, over the absurdity of granting the title to a BYU team that beat SEVEN teams with losing records during the regular season and claimed its championship with a win in the Holiday Bowl over a 6-6 Michigan team. Once you abandon the “poll of record” for any year (AP, now BCS), then anything goes.
Ray Goff
August 30th, 2011
3:49 pm
Florida had to vacate the 1984 championship for cheating. Big difference, unless you’re Auburn.
NoGaGator
August 30th, 2011
3:53 pm
The lack of maturity of some of these posts is absolutely astounding.
Michael, must be a really slow day for you to have to make a kid who is a solid commit sound shaky. He’s perfectly entitled to visit some other schools with his teamates as part of the pre-college experience.
He’s being above-board and a class act – unlike the gangsa-thug you humpers are christening as your savior. Can’t wait for the screaming and moaning to start in the next couple of weeks.
m
August 30th, 2011
4:11 pm
Sounds like a kid who is a little jealous of his friends that are getting attention and press.
Ray Goof's Hat
August 30th, 2011
4:13 pm
You can’t force the Sporting News, Litkenhous or the NY Times to vacate anything – that’s the point. You can count every national title awarded by every organization from the Athens-Banner Herald to the Gainesville Sun to People magazine as if their award mattered as much as the AP or BCS title, but it becomes a joke. You end up with 5 or 6 teams claiming to be national champions every year.
cantondawg
August 30th, 2011
4:21 pm
Tide Roll,
Even though your comments about Murray suck. The kid has been nothing but humble. I DO GIVE YOU CREDIT FOR AN ORIGINAL THOUGH. WE WERE BEGINNING TO THINK THAT YOU COPIED AND PASTED THE SAME OLD COMMENTS ABOUT THE OL EVERYDAY
cantondawg
August 30th, 2011
4:22 pm
My previous comment should have read thought instead of though
Paddy
August 30th, 2011
4:32 pm
Sea Bass………nobody is going to UM! Recruiting down there is paralyzed. Too bad for Coach Golden. Seems like a great guy.
Recruiting | MrSEC.com
August 30th, 2011
4:51 pm
[...] despite his decision to visit other schools this fall.Davis told the Atlanta Journal Constitution he plans to take visits with his teammates at Stephenson High School in Stone Mountain, Ga.“There’s nothing there with me [...]
BG
August 30th, 2011
5:07 pm
The Gators will have another head coach in 2 or 3 years.
Ckgator
August 30th, 2011
5:16 pm
Who wrote this caption? Should have read “Outstanding Recruit Reaffirms Florida Commitment.” Pretty clear to me he’s going to be a Gator.
Can’t wait for him to run all over Georgia!
Leghumpers
August 30th, 2011
5:19 pm
That’s right, BG – if he’s not up to the job. Unlike UGA where years of mediocrity are tolerated.
Bob
August 30th, 2011
5:53 pm
Maybe this attitude is why Stephenson has all that talent, but never wins the state title.
Danny G
August 30th, 2011
5:59 pm
Just another me player that will not make the grade when he hits the big time because is too into himself and not the team.
Football Fan
August 30th, 2011
6:12 pm
I think it’s funny that people say Mark Richt coaches players down when Matthew Stafford was the top pick in the draft. Had Stafford, Asher Allen, and Knowshon Moreno come back for their senior seasons UGA would’ve won the championship.
football guy
August 30th, 2011
6:53 pm
Dude is only 5′9′. who cares.
Until they sign the LOI, they are any schools recruit.
Beast from the East
August 30th, 2011
6:57 pm
Why is he a “me” player? Because he is committed to UF?
Was Crowell a “me” player with his orchestrated announcement complete with live animals and ex-players in violation of NCAA rules? Certainly not, because he committed to UGA.
Talk about trolls!
Beast from the East
August 30th, 2011
7:00 pm
“Dude is only 5′9′. who cares.”
Check and see how tall the all-time leading rusher in the history of NFL is. I’ll save you experts the trouble. It’s 5′9 Emmitt Smith from the University of Florida.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmitt_Smith
Dawg Tired
August 30th, 2011
7:07 pm
TampaGator – Based upon my reading of posts on these blogs the last couple of years, I think you have asked the impossible of Tide Roll when you ask him to post something intelligent. That is just not going to happen.
bawbie
August 30th, 2011
7:19 pm
hasnt heard from UGA ? FIRE GARNER IMMEDIATELY!!!!!!
Relax
August 30th, 2011
7:50 pm
Enter your comments here
Warhorse
August 30th, 2011
9:09 pm
The threads always attract the poodle historians who dig out the faded stories of forlorn days when UGA competed for championships. Do the pup fans realize that the only folk who can recall an actual (as opposed to August) championship in Athens are seriously checking out nursing homes?
Mike Davis will be first team All SEC at UF and compete for championships.
bgdawg
August 30th, 2011
11:15 pm
look this kid is good, and any other year i would question the recruiting staff for not looking at this kid but, from what i can understand uga is pretty much a lock to get keith marshall. keith’s gpa is pretty much the same as his 40, so that means we’re gettting an unbelievably fast, AND smart kid to come and run the ball for our school.
give me an f'n break here...
August 30th, 2011
11:21 pm
there is NO way in hell uga was close to sniffing a national championship in 68.
‘The 1968 Ohio State Buckeyes football team is considered one of the strongest in OSU history, fielding 11 All-Americans and six first-round NFL draft picks.’
that osu team is still considered one of college football’s all time great teams. EVER!!!!!!!!!!! infamous jack tatum was one of the stars on that defense. jack tatum meet herschel walker. no contest.
beat a top 10 michigan 50-14. 5 of their ‘10 wins’ were against top 15 opponents. Purdue was no1 when osu shut them out. usc was no 1 in one of the polls when they played in the rose bowl which is usc’s home field. buckeyes beat them and oj simpson in a come from behind victory AT THEIR PLACE.
the win against usc was against an oj simpson led no 2 usc in the rose bowl 27-16.
AP NO 1 COACHES POLL NO1. consensus national championship.
for any dawg to even think that they won a nc in 68 is a f’n joke. just because some bum f…. rag says that uga was national champ that year does NOT make it so. if i remember right uga had 2 losses that year. national champ? ….. what a joke.
i would go so far to say that uga has never even sniffed a season like the osu season of 68. uga’s only glory year was the herchel walker year 31 YEARS AGO. when you talk to any dawg… the highlight year was the year hershel played. that team had nothing even close to what the bucks had in 1968.
uga is a freaking joke.
big ten champs rose bowl champs AP no 1
give me an f'n break here...
August 30th, 2011
11:31 pm
and i saw every home game………
RealityCheck
August 31st, 2011
1:00 am
as long as we can lock in Keith Marshall, UGA will have recruited the #1 RB in the nation 2 years in a row, plus UGA already has the best running back in FL in the 2013 class. I think UGA will be fine wherever this guy decides to go…
Kiss The Ring
August 31st, 2011
4:21 am
Go to Auburn for a chance to be a champion. Go to UGA to act like you should be a champion.
Kiss The Ring
August 31st, 2011
4:23 am
UGA is always whining about some year they were close to winning a title or going undefeated. The only year they did go undefeated was ajoke cause they played NOBODY. Oppenents that year had an avereage record of 4-7.
Gay Dawg
August 31st, 2011
4:27 am
He’s cute!
BG
August 31st, 2011
11:16 am
Screw the gators!!
DZ
August 31st, 2011
4:03 pm
He’s going to Florida.
True Biue
August 31st, 2011
4:06 pm
You know UGA fans always have excuses for everything. Okay , he’s not tall enough to be a SEC back. I guess Trent Richardson and Michael Dyers not tall enough to play in the SEC
Destin Dawg
August 31st, 2011
4:30 pm
nothing wrong with 5′10″.. watch Zander Ogletree.. hit the holes on offense, defense, or Special teams.. hope he gets a chance .. Go Dawgs !!
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Ramma Bama
August 31st, 2011
10:14 pm
He’ll end up at Bama—mark it down. saban wants him bad and will do what it takes to change his mind. At florida, he’ll be playing in minor bowls every year. At Bama–BCS games baby!!!!
Delusional Doggies
August 31st, 2011
10:18 pm
“Had Stafford, Asher Allen, and Knowshon Moreno come back for their senior seasons UGA would’ve won the championship.”
Too funny and not even close to being true! Those guys would’ve got their tails whipped again by Tebow and crew who went 13-1 again that year.
j.
August 31st, 2011
11:22 pm
Yep Uga doesnt need Fl. commits,guess i missed the success you’ve had lately.
I’d think you’d be tickled pink with a Ucf commit by now.
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Jag Alum
September 1st, 2011
11:42 am
This is a non article. This is the reason why our athletes at our school are targets of jealousy and irresponsible people in the community, mainly adults. You journalist go out looking for a story, and then when the kid offers to give the interview, you make it into something that it really isnt. This kid has given no indication whatsoever that he is not going to florida. From your quotes in your article he doesnt even implicate that he may even switch from florida. He specifically states that he is still going to florida. So why right the article still with the title that the article has? There not in danger of losing him. And then comes the irresponsible adults on here who are quick to label judgement on a teenage KID and call him a “me” guy just because he said he wants to take the visits with his teammates and enjoy the trips. He also states he does what he can to help his team. If the colleges are gonna still allow him to take his visits on their expense, with his teammates, why wouldnt you go? You get an opportunity to see some of the finest institutions in the country for free, and catch a game, all with your friends. You get to have a chance to see what other parts of the country has to offer. Obviously some of you cant grasp that concept, and obviously some of you dont know how recruiting works. I took all of my visits as well. You never burn your bridges to early, because Florida could just as easily come back and say that they dont want him anymore. Well if that happens, at least he has gone to other campuses and seen what they have to offer. This kid didnt call AJC for the interview, you all went to him. You all should be responsible in your journalism when writting articles with no factual evidence or basis, instead of just jumping to conclusions. These kids receive racial remarks thrown at them and threats from crazed fans and jealous people in the community. Im just saying be more responsible in your journalism of all the high school athletes, or dont report at all.
Michael Carvell
September 1st, 2011
1:06 pm
@Jag Alum, thanks for your comments. If one of the top college football in Georgia is committed to a school (especially for as long as Mike has been committed to Florida) yet states he is visiting other schools, we will always write about it, as will the rest of the Recruiting media. Why? Visiting other schools always leaves open the possibility that a kid will switch his commitment. I’m not saying it will happen with Mike because he appears pretty solid, but it happens all the time with kids committed but still visiting other schools.
Jag Alum
September 2nd, 2011
7:17 am
Thanks for your response Mr. Carvell. I just know the scrutiny that our kids at my alum and in my community is going through because of the media attention they are getting, although it is positive. People are gunning for them as though they have wrecked society, its really sad. They are literally trying to find someway to ruin their futures, mainly adults from other communities. I just feel as though they dont need the extra unwarranted attention if it doesnt have to be there. Their doing something positive. With them its damned if they do, and damned if they dont. They are doing what they have to do to go to college and excel in life, and people are negative and trying to ruin them. If they were getting in trouble and being unruly, people will try and ruin them as well. Its getting bad for no reason, particularly from a affluent community not to far from ours across the county line………..I just know what their going through and its frustrating to see, especially when their trying to do something positive.
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September 3rd, 2011
7:26 am
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Jarmal Reid, brother of UGA standout, picks Oregon State over waiting on Bulldogs | AJC College Sports Recruiting
September 7th, 2011
3:34 am
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TE Kurt Freitag will take visits to FSU, Alabama and Florida before deciding | AJC College Sports Recruiting
September 9th, 2011
12:03 am
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Brandon Morris commits to UGA over Auburn and Arkansas | AJC College Sports Recruiting
September 12th, 2011
6:53 pm
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How does UGA’s 0-2 start affect football recruiting? (UPDATED) | AJC College Sports Recruiting
September 14th, 2011
7:16 am
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Surprise! DT Jordan Watkins commits to Stanford over UGA (UPDATED) | AJC College Sports Recruiting
September 14th, 2011
7:37 am
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Maryland WR commit AJ Liddell transfers schools, on UGA’s recruiting radar | AJC College Sports Recruiting
September 14th, 2011
8:30 am
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UGA football recruit apologizes to Bulldog fans for arrest | AJC College Sports Recruiting
September 15th, 2011
3:50 am
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Brother of Georgia Tech LB carries on family tradition in tonight’s 7:30 game | AJC College Sports Recruiting
September 15th, 2011
3:06 pm
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Will UGA be able to flip the commitment of Miami LB recruit Raphael Kirby? | AJC College Sports Recruiting
September 16th, 2011
4:50 am
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